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Commons Hansard for 15 July 1948 (Volume 453)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 10.37pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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Prayers
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Private Business
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Coventry Corporation Bill Lords
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Salford Corporation Bill Lords
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Birmingham Corporation Bill Lords
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British Transport Commission Order Confirmation Bill
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Education
Independent Schools (Inspection)
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Public Schools (Admissions)
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Women's Training Colleges (Places)
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Comprehensive Schools
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Maintenance Allowances
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School Broadcasts
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Headmaster, Essex (Pension)
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County Colleges
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Examination Fees, Wales
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Teachers (Emergency Training)
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School Meals
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Community Centres
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Union Jack Club, Karachi
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High Commission Territories, South Africa
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Trade And Commerce
Tourist And Holidays Board (Hygiene Scheme)
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Foreign Tourists (Petrol)
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Portuguese Wines (Import Licences)
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Clothing Coupons
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Frustrated Exports
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Anglo-Soviet Discussions
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European Recovery Programme
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Temporary Shops, Plymouth
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Imports And Exports (Returns)
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Stockings And Household Linen
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Film Studios, Teddington
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Business Of The House
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India (Sterling Balances)
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Business Of The House
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Orders Of The Day
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Criminal Justice Bill
Title
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Clause 1—(Suspension Of Death Penalty For Murder)
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Clause 3—(Abolition Of Power To Pass A Sentence Of Whipping)
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Clause 7—(Breach Of Requirement Of Probation Order)
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Clause 8—(Absolute And Conditional Discharge)
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Clause 12—(Supplementary Provisions As To Probation And Discharge)
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Clause 13—(Power To Fine On Conviction Of Felony On Indictment)
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Clause 15—(Incidental Provisions As To Fines And Forfeited Recognizances)
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Clause 18—(Detention In A Detention Centre)
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Clause 19—(Borstal Training)
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Clause 24—(Power Of Courts Of Summary Jurisdiction To Adjourn A Case After Conviction And Before Sentence)
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Clause 25—(Remand For Inquiry Into Physical Or Mental Condition)
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Clause 26—(Remand And Committal Of Persons Under 21)
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Clause 27—(Procedure In Respect Of Offences Punishable On Summary Conviction Or On Indictment)
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Clause 28—(Amendment Of Second Schedule To Criminal Justice Act 1925)
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Clause 29—(Committal For Sentence In Respect Of Indictable Offences Tried Summarily)
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Clause 31—(Challenge Of Juries And Separation Of Juries)
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Clause 32—(Appeals From Courts Of Summary Jurisdiction To Quarter Sessions)
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Clause 33—(Bail On Appeal, Case Stated Or Application For Certiorari)
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Clause 34—(Amendment Of Criminal Appeal Act, 1907)
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Clause 36—(Taking Of Fingerprints By Order Of Justices)
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Clause 38—(Order Of Speeches In Courts Of Summary Jurisdiction)
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Clause 40—(Payment Of Costs Of Defence On Acquittal, Etc)
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Clause 44—(Remand Centres, Detention Centres And Borstal Institutions)
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Clause 48—(Rules For The Management Of Prisons, Remand Centres, Detention Centres And Borstal Institutions)
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Clause 58—(Removal To Broadmoor Institutions Of Certain Persons Serving Life Sentences)
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Clause 67—(Education Of Persons Detained)
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Clause 74—(Expenses And Grants Payable Out Of Moneys Provided By Parliament)
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Clause 78—(Application To Scotland)
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Ninth Schedule—(Consequential And Minor Amendments)
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Tenth Schedule—(Enactments Repealed)
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Title
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Export Trade Controls
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Trade And Commerce
Department's Staff
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Technical Publications (Imports)
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Clothing Coupons
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Children's Footwear
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Lace (Stocks And Exports)
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Copyright Books (Pirated Editions)
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Vacuum Flasks (Priority Scheme)
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Industrial Estate, Southend
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Works Of Art (Export)
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Employment
Industrial Disputes
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Discharged Roadmen, Warwickshire
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Plasterers (Scotland)
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Disabled Persons
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Pitsea, Rayleigh And Southend
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National Finance
Purchase Tax (Surgical Supports)
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Income Tax
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Royal Irish Constabulary Force Fund
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Statutory Instruments
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National Health Service
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Fuel And Power
Supplementary Petrol Allowances
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Non-Commercial Petrol (Farmers)
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Standard Petrol Ration
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Petrol Consumption
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Fuel Consumption (Restrictions)
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Electricity And Gas Accounts (Collection)
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Coal Industry
Dust Suppression
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Domestic Supplies
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Rev F Bielicki (Visa Application)
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Remand Homes And Approved Schools
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Ukrainian Labour Division
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Police Forces (Re-Appointments)
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Murders (Statistics)
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Housebreaking Offences
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Sunday Cinemas (Ballots)
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Pony Tracks (Totalisators)
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National Health Service
General Practitioners, Rural Areas
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Drugs And Medicines
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Hospital Management Committee, Sunderland
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Ambulance Service, Middlesex
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Brockhall Institution (Staff)
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Dentists, Manchester
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Dental Treatment
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Grange Maternity Home, Ely
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Chemists And Dispensers, Cardiff
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Venereal Diseases
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Spa Treatment
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Drugs And Appliances
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Regional Hospital Boards (Representation)
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Housing
Hull
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Sheffield
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Programme
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Unoccupied Houses (Requisitioning)
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Non-County Boroughs (Functions)
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Sarawak (Telegram)
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Nigeria (Hides And Skins)
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Riots, Aden (Commission's Report)
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Polish Hostel, Rivenhall
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Education (French Language)
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Afforestation, Denbigh
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Indian Civil Service (Ex-Members)
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